Janine Sutto
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Janine Sutto | |
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 Sutto prepares for the radio play Les secrets du docteur Morhanges, 1945. | |
| Born | 20 April 1921 |
| Died | 28 March 2017 (aged 95) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1945–2012 |
| Children | 2 |
| Awards | Order of Canada, Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, National Order of Quebec |
Janine Sutto, CC CQ (20 April 1921 – 28 March 2017) was a French-born Canadian actress and comedian.
Born in Paris to Léopold Sutto and Renée Mamert, she emigrated to Canada in 1930, with her family settling in Montreal.[1]
At age 14, Sutto began acting in radio dramas, and later performed stage roles. In 1943, she was a founding member of the Théâtre de l'Equipe troupe, and she continued acting on stage through the early 1950s with Théâtre du Nouveau Monde.[2] She also made over 75 film and television appearances, with her first film appearance being in the 1945 film The Music Master (Le Père Chopin).[3]
In 1968, Janine Sutto participated in the creation of Les Belles-sœurs by Michel Tremblay, playing Lisette de Courval. In 2010, she created the musical Belles-Sœurs, this time playing Olivine Dubuc; the show had a wide reach in Quebec as well as at the Théâtre du Rond-Point, in Paris, in 2012.[4]
Alongside her numerous theater roles, she was active on television throughout her career. We also remember her in the television novels Joie de vivre, Septième nord and, most famously, Symphorien, where she played Miss Berthe L'Espérance alongside Gilles Latulippe. She also found him on Radio-Canada Television in the series Poivre et Sel. Janine Sutto played in an impressive number of Quebec TV series and films.[5]
Personal life
She married fellow comic actor Pierre Dagenais in 1944. They had twin daughters: Mirelle and Catherine, born on September 22, 1958. Catherine had Down syndrome. Catherine died in April 2011.
Her biography, titled Vivre avec le destin (Living with Destiny), written by her son-in-law Jean-François Lépine, was published in 2010.
Sutto died in a Montreal palliative care facility in March 2017 at age 95, as reported by Lépine.[2][6]
